DDW followed through on its commitment to support the Democratic Women of Harnett County Saturday, June 7 in Coats, NC where an Animal Rights Fair was being held. Several excellent Democratic candidates running for office showed up to work the crowd including Susan Byerly running for NC House. There were lots of frisky dogs and a few cats in attendance plus adorable children with some of the best face painting I have seen. The Harnett County Democratic women REALLY appreciated our support. We all got the hang of reaching out to all the people who passed by to ask whether they were registered to vote and what issues were important to them. The Democratic Women of Harnett County had a fabulous banner and good materials to hand out.

We all felt the effort was very worthwhile. We were especially excited when a number of Republican women voters CHANGED THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION by filling out a new voter registration form! There were many women who didn't care much about politics or voting. They are the 18-24 year olds we had learned at the DDW June 1 program are the ones we need to find creative ways to reach.

A woman who had a booth nearby dropped by to say that she had written all the candidates to invite them to attend the fair and the only ones to show up or to respond to the invitation were Democrats. One of these was Kay Hagan who sent an encouraging letter. A woman who is well known in the area because she used to own a popular restaurant, visited briefly because she was on her way to the state Democratic Convention. She thought the letter writing campaign sounded like a great idea and might take on the role of coordinator in Hargett County.

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